[Orthodontic treatment from the patients' and parents' viewpoint--the results of a practical and clinical questionnaire study (II)].
A questionnaire investigation enrolling more than 300 orthodontic patients and their parents was conducted into the subjective appraisal of treatment means and doctor-patient-interaction. The majority of the interviewees showed a positive respectively indifferent attitude toward their treatment. As patients grow older, their views become more differentiated and critical. Impaired speaking was mentioned most frequently; psychosocial disadvantages caused by appliance wear were suggested mostly by parents. In a minor part of patients, the orthodontist's behavior was not in line with their social-emotional needs and expectations. Slight failures of adherence with prescriptions were admitted for the daytime. Parental supervision appeared to be either energetic or formal yet superficial, or insufficient respectively in one third of our cases.
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Poliklinik für Kieferorthopädie, Universität Würzburg.
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Die kieferorthopädische Behandlung aus Patienten- und Elternsicht--Ergebnisse einer Fragebogenstudie in Praxis und Klinik (Teil II).